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(NewsNation) — A erstwhile stylist for Casandra “Cassie” Ventura volition resume his grounds Thursday aft telling jurors helium had to leap connected Sean “Diddy” Combs’ backmost to halt him from abusing Ventura erstwhile the 2 were dating.
Celebrity stylist Deonte Nash worked for Combs from 2008 to 2018. He told jurors helium was “very close” to Ventura and learned astir her narration with Combs aboriginal successful his employment.
Nash testified to observing respective abusive interactions. Nash besides corroborated Ventura's grounds that Combs often bushed and tormented her. Combs would endanger to hinder Ventura’s fledgling euphony vocation and said he’d ruin her estimation by releasing recordings of their intersexual encounters, Nash said.
Nash discussed a peculiar incidental astir 2014 successful which Combs allegedly grabbed Ventura by the hairsbreadth and yanked her disconnected the sofa earlier opening to deed her.
The stylist said helium was astatine Ventura’s apartment, helping her battalion for a euphony festival, erstwhile Combs stormed in, grabbed her by the hairsbreadth and bushed her repeatedly. Nash said helium jumped connected Combs’ backmost successful an effort to get him to stop, but Combs bucked and threw him to the ground.
Combs resumed hitting Ventura, who’d fled to a chamber with Nash and different friend, knocking her caput into the borderline of the furniture framework and causing a large, bloody gash supra her eye, the witnesser said.
“Look what y’all made maine do,” Combs said, according to Nash.
The stylist said helium noticed “a lot” of humor coming from a chopped connected Ventura’s caput from the beating. Jurors were shown photos of the injury.
Prosecutor Maurene Comey said she expects “Mia” — listed arsenic “Victim-4” successful the indictment and 1 of Combs’s erstwhile employees — to beryllium called to the basal Thursday.
Diddy's defence squad filed a question for mistrial Thursday aft a Los Angeles Fire Department researcher admitted grounds was destroyed without support pursuing the arson connected Kid Cudi’s car successful 2012. Cudi, whose ineligible sanction is Scott Mescudi, had been dating Ventura.
Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo called it “outrageous,” implying that “someone here” had thing to bash with the improper demolition of evidence.
Judge Arun Subramanian denied the question and told the jurors to disregard the related testimony.
Jiminez, who has been with the LAFD since 2003, was called to Cudi's residence aft the rapper’s Porsche was lit connected fire.
Jiminez said a Molotov cocktail appeared to person been utilized to ignite Mescudi’s vehicle, but it did not detonate owed to a malfunction; however, the harm tin beryllium rather extended if it had gone off, helium explained.
Chris Ignacio, a 16-year seasoned of the Los Angeles Police Department, took the basal Wednesday. He was the serviceman who took the telephone Dec. 22, 2011, erstwhile Combs allegedly broke into Mescudi's Hollywood Hills home.
The constabulary serviceman corroborated Cudi’s grounds that immoderate Christmas presents were opened. Ignacio said helium and his spouse noticed a Black Escalade thrust by twice. The 2nd time, helium said helium ran the plates and recovered it was registered to Bad Boy Productions, Combs’ euphony label.
The constabulary serviceman filed a trespassing study — it was not reported arsenic a burglary due to the fact that nary items were stolen, helium said — and said helium was not told of immoderate decease threats.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
